From the Workshop

August 14, 2015

Window to my Workshop No 96

Filed under: No 984,Window to my workshop — Tags: , , — admin @ 5:08 pm

It is always tempting to rush off to the next stage, like the bottoms. But once the side profiling is complete there are still quite a number of other operations to be completed and these sides just scream to be finished. The polishing of the sides is a major undertaking and it eats up a lot of my time.

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I use four abrading grades and at each stage everything is continually blued which helps me avoid any form corruption.
 
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With a few purpose made spacers I am able to keep the edge polishing true and sharp without any deformation.
 
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It could be embarrassing to mention how much time this operation takes but if perfection is required …..
 
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These sides are now waiting for stamping and another surface grind on the inside faces, for its final texture.
 

August 12, 2015

Window to my Workshop 95

Filed under: No 984,Window to my workshop — Tags: , — admin @ 6:03 pm

Since the last posting it has been a bit hectic with family visiting. Also I revisited the drawing board a few times as I wasn’t happy with the side profile. I have re-contoured and re-programmed several times until now I am happy with the profile.

These are a few pictures of the current progress.

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Next is polishing of the edges, which I love soooo much.

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